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Image: F-111F GBU-10 bound for Libya

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Description: A ground crew prepares a 48th Tactical Fighter Wing F-111F aircraft for a retaliatory air strike on Libya. An arming supervisor gives hand signals to the pilot of the aircraft as the crewman under the wing pulls arming pins out of the GBU-10 modular glide bombs. The crewman by the landing gear is checking for foreign objects on the runway that might be sucked into an engine before takeoff. Location: ROYAL AIR FORCE, LAKENHEATH, EAST ANGLIA ENGLAND / GREAT BRITAIN (ENG)
Title: F-111F GBU-10 bound for Libya
Credit: ID:DFST8802676
Author: Service Depicted: Air Force Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. WOODWARD
Permission: This image or file is a work of a U.S. Air Force Airman or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image or file is in the public domain in the United States.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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